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Merge pull request #1 from Brad-Abrams/welcome-workflow #2

Merge pull request #1 from Brad-Abrams/welcome-workflow

Merge pull request #1 from Brad-Abrams/welcome-workflow #2

Workflow file for this run

name: Step 0, Welcome
# This step triggers after the learner creates a new repository from the template.
# This workflow updates from step 0 to step 1.
# This will run every time we create push a commit to `main`.
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows
on:
workflow_dispatch:
push:
branches:
- main
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication
permissions:
# Need `contents: read` to checkout the repository.
# Need `contents: write` to update the step metadata.
contents: write
jobs:
# Get the current step to only run the main job when the learner is on the same step.
get_current_step:
name: Check current step number
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- id: get_step
run: |
echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
outputs:
current_step: ${{ steps.get_step.outputs.current_step }}
on_start:
name: On start
needs: get_current_step
# We will only run this action when:
# 1. This repository isn't the template repository.
# 2. The step is currently 0.
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions
if: >-
${{ !github.event.repository.is_template
&& needs.get_current_step.outputs.current_step == 0 }}
# We'll run Ubuntu for performance instead of Mac or Windows.
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README.
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
# Make a branch, file, and commit for the learner.
- name: Prepare a branch, and file
run: |
echo "Make sure we are on step 0"
if [ "$(cat .github/steps/-step.txt)" != 0 ]
then
echo "Current step is not 0"
exit 0
fi
echo "Make a branch"
BRANCH=welcome-workflow
git checkout -b $BRANCH
echo "Make a commit"
git config user.name github-actions[bot]
git config user.email github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
git commit --allow-empty --message="Create an empty commit"
echo "Push"
git push --set-upstream origin $BRANCH
echo "Restore main"
git checkout main
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
# In README.md, switch step 0 for step 1.
- name: Update to step 1
uses: skills/action-update-step@v2
with:
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
from_step: 0
to_step: 1
branch_name: welcome-workflow